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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 伊集院 喜美恒 ''(Ijuuin Kimitsune)'' *''Japanese'': 伊 喜美恒 ''(I Kimitsune)'' I Kimitsune was an Amami Islands official who served..."
*''Other Names'': [[伊集院]] 喜美恒 ''(Ijuuin Kimitsune)''
*''Japanese'': [[伊]] 喜美恒 ''(I Kimitsune)''
I Kimitsune was an [[Amami Islands]] official who served as ''[[yohito]]'' for at least two different areas on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] and made formal visits to [[Kagoshima castle]] on at least two occasions, in [[1838]] and [[1839]].
Originally known as Ijûin Kimitsune and a member of the [[Ijuin clan|Ijûin clan]] (high-ranking retainers to the [[Shimazu clan]] lords of Kagoshima), he was obliged to shorten his family name to I when he was assigned to Amami, in accordance with [[Satsuma han]] policy that the family names of island elites (''shima shizoku'') could only be one ''[[kanji]]'' in length. This policy helped construct or strengthen ideas of difference between islanders and "mainland" Japanese.
==Genealogy==
Kimitsune is considered the 13th successive head of his lineage. His son and grandson (14th and 15th family heads, respectively) were also known as Kimitsune. A cemetery that includes their graves and those of several close relatives, located in the Tekebu area of Kasari Town on Amami Ôshima, has been officially designated as a historical site by Amami City.
A painting depicting Kimitsune's 1839 audience with [[Shimazu Narioki]] at Kagoshima castle, as well as other materials related to the family's history, remain in the possession today of the 18th head of the family, Ijûin Kanehiro (b. 1930). A reproduction of the painting is on permanent display at the Amami Museum in the Naze area of Amami Ôshima.
Kimitsune was first cousins with [[Shimazu Hisataka|Shimazu Bungo Hisataka]], an influential ''[[karo|karô]]'' of the 1830s-50s.
==Life & Career==
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Japanese'': [[伊]] 喜美恒 ''(I Kimitsune)''
I Kimitsune was an [[Amami Islands]] official who served as ''[[yohito]]'' for at least two different areas on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] and made formal visits to [[Kagoshima castle]] on at least two occasions, in [[1838]] and [[1839]].
Originally known as Ijûin Kimitsune and a member of the [[Ijuin clan|Ijûin clan]] (high-ranking retainers to the [[Shimazu clan]] lords of Kagoshima), he was obliged to shorten his family name to I when he was assigned to Amami, in accordance with [[Satsuma han]] policy that the family names of island elites (''shima shizoku'') could only be one ''[[kanji]]'' in length. This policy helped construct or strengthen ideas of difference between islanders and "mainland" Japanese.
==Genealogy==
Kimitsune is considered the 13th successive head of his lineage. His son and grandson (14th and 15th family heads, respectively) were also known as Kimitsune. A cemetery that includes their graves and those of several close relatives, located in the Tekebu area of Kasari Town on Amami Ôshima, has been officially designated as a historical site by Amami City.
A painting depicting Kimitsune's 1839 audience with [[Shimazu Narioki]] at Kagoshima castle, as well as other materials related to the family's history, remain in the possession today of the 18th head of the family, Ijûin Kanehiro (b. 1930). A reproduction of the painting is on permanent display at the Amami Museum in the Naze area of Amami Ôshima.
Kimitsune was first cousins with [[Shimazu Hisataka|Shimazu Bungo Hisataka]], an influential ''[[karo|karô]]'' of the 1830s-50s.
==Life & Career==
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]